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Schedule of Events
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THURSDAY, MAY 14
Trainee Symposium (SpA Refresher and Update)
| 12:15 PM | Welcome | Judith Smith, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 12:30 PM | SpA Manifestations & Management | Nigil Haroon, MD, PhD University of Toronto |
| 1:00 PM | Overview of PsA | Dafna Gladman, MD, FRCPC University Health Network, Toronto |
| 1:30 PM | Imaging in Spondyloarthritis | Walter Maksymowych, MD, FRCP, FACP University of Alberta |
| 2:00 PM | BREAK | |
| 2:15 PM | SpA Study Outcome Measures | Atul Deodhar, MD, MRCP Oregon Health & Science University |
| 2:45 PM | Disease Mechanisms in Spondyloarthritis | Judith Smith, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 3:15 PM | IBD-associated Spondyloarthritis | Joerg Ermann, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| 3:45 PM | Concluding remarks | Judith Smith, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison |
FRIDAY, MAY 15
SPARTAN Annual Meeting
| 11:30 AM | Welcome and SPARTAN Update | Liron Caplan, MD, PhD University of Colorado |
| 11:45 AM | Adventures in Epidemiology: NHANES and Other Lessons Learned about Spondyloarthritis | Charles Dillon MD NIH-NIEHS |
| 12:30 PM | Fellowship Grants for Mentored Projects | Lianne Gensler, MD University of California–San Francisco |
| Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor as a Critical Regulator of Inflammation and Bone Formation in Spondyloarthritis Mouse Models | Akihiro Nakamura, MD Toronto Western Hospital |
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| Does Body Mass Index Impact Disease Activity in Axial Spondyloarthritis? | Jean Liew, MD University of Washington |
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| 1:00 PM | BREAK | |
| 1:15 PM | Oral Abstract Presentations | Nigel Haroon, MD, PhD |
| Metabolic Regulation of Type 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells by Intestinal Bacteria-Derived Indoles in Ankylosing Spondylitis | Adam Berlinberg, MD University of Colorado |
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| Crohn’s Disease Associated Axial Spondyloarthritis is Immunologically Distinct from both Crohn’s Disease and Axial Spondyloarthritis | Adam Lefferts University of Colorado |
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| Trends In Incidence of Psoriatic Arthritis from 1970-2017: A Population-Based Study | Paras Karmacharya, MD Mayo Clinic |
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| Exercise Partially Explains the Impact of Body Mass Index on Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis | Jean Liew, MD University of Washington |
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| 2:15 PM | Abstract Poster Sessions | |
| 3:15 PM | BREAK | |
| 3:30 PM | SpA Year in Review Panel | Joerg Ermann, MD, Moderator; Walter Maksymowych, MD, FRCP, FACP Judy Smith, MD, PhD Michael Weisman, MD |
| 4:15 PM | What are We Learning From the CLASSIC Study Design: A Case-based Examination | Walter Maksymowych, MD, FRCP, FACP University of Alberta |
| 5:00 PM | Concluding remarks | Judith Smith, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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